Dugdale, Richard (1723-55)
Dugdale, Richard
Blandford Forum, Dorset; cabinet maker (fl.1723-55)
Originally from Hamolinn, Dorset, and indentured as an apprentice to John and William Bastard in 1723. A Richard Dugdale was later recorded as a cabinet-maker in Blandford Forum. He took apprentices named Tiffin (1753) and Filham (1755).
Sources: DEFM; Legg, ‘The Bastards of Blandford: an Inventory of their losses in the fire of 1731’, Furniture History (1994).
The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.